Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 960
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: صُرِعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ فَرَسٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى جِذْعِ نَخْلَةٍ، فَانْفَكَّتْ قَدَمُهُ، فَكُنَّا نَعُودُهُ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا، فَصَلَّيْنَا قِيَامًا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ قَاعِدًا، فَصَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَهُ قِيَامًا، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْنَا أَنِ اقْعُدُوا، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ: إِذَا صَلَّى الإِمَامُ قَاعِدًا فَصَلُّوا قُعُودًا، وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا، وَلاَ تَقُومُوا وَالإِمَامُ قَاعِدٌ كَمَا تَفْعَلُ فَارِسُ بِعُظَمَائِهِمْ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa related to us, saying: Abu ‘Awana related to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fell from a horse in Madina onto a palm trunk, and his foot was dislocated. We used to visit him in a room belonging to ‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her. We came to him while he was praying seated, and we prayed standing. Then we came to him another time while he was performing an obligatory prayer seated, and we prayed standing behind him. He gestured to us to sit. When he had finished the prayer, he said: “When the imam prays seated, pray seated; and when he prays standing, pray standing. Do not stand while the imam is seated, as the Persians do for their dignitaries.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ قَاعِدًا
The English witness omits the second visit during an obligatory prayer, when the worshippers again stood behind the seated Prophet.
Should this repeated visit be retained in the translation?